Magic Keyboard for iPad
Apple's keyboard case, with a trackpad, that turns an iPad into a typing machine
The iPad snaps on magnetically, the screen floats above a backlit keyboard and trackpad, and the whole thing folds shut like a laptop lid. People who work from an iPad rather than a Mac treat it as the line between a tablet and a writing setup, and pulling the tablet back out is part of the appeal.
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- Federico ViticciDoes it
Apple writer · founder of MacStories
Works with the iPad in Apple's Magic Keyboard, then takes the tablet out once work finishes and leaves the keyboard on the desk. A plain back cover with a kickstand waits on the nightstand for the evening. That swap tricks his brain into accepting that work is over, he says.
Source: MacStories: iPad Pro for Everything
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